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Quick Pickle Spears

A tangy marinated cucumber that doesn’t take days to get that way.

Hummus with Pita

A Middle Eastern classic for dipping, spreading, or smearing on sandwiches.

Guacamole and Chips

The real deal is made from simply seasoned, lightly mashed avocados and little else.

Fresh Tomato Salsa

Utterly useful. See below for more ways to vary ingredients and flavors.

Herb Dip

With little more work, you can do way better than soup mix stirred into sour cream.

Crudités with Warm Olive Oil Dip

Warm, flavored olive oil brings a platter of raw vegetables to life.

Roasted Nuts

Bye-bye, Mr. Peanut. Hello, homemade party nuts.

Real Buttered Popcorn

The perfect fast food and a great place to experiment with your stove and your spice rack.

Pancakes

A simple and forgiving batter that works with lots of different add-ins.

French Toast

A fancy breakfast that’s easy and never fussy.

Spinach Frittata

When you leave an omelet flat in the pan, the “extras” become more important than the eggs.

Cheese Omelet

Print Cheese Omelet Eggs, Breakfast, and Dairy Prevent your screen from going dark Cook Mode…

Poached Eggs

Restaurant-style fare at home and easy to master.

Fried Eggs

Almost as delicate as poached eggs—minus the fuss—and perfect in all the same dishes.

Peach-Vanilla Smoothie

Why not make a different flavor every day?

If You Love Popcorn So Much, Why Don’t You Cook With It?

We’ve started to treat popcorn the same as any other grain-based ingredient. Like croutons, it adds crunch and heft everywhere it goes. Except there’s one big difference: Instead of getting soggy in liquid, popcorn turns pleasantly chewy while its nooks and crannies collect sauce and seasonings. (Also: It tastes corny.)

Pasta with Popcorn

After a toss with pasta in this quick sauce, the popcorn shrinks to become pleasantly squishy like cauliflower, broccoli, or mushrooms (or chicken, for that matter), except it has the swell corny flavor and occasional crunch of dried corn—almost tortilla-like. Be sure to check out the variations that follow for easy ways to make the recipe vegan, creamy, hearty, and more.

Granola and Muesli

Granola is baked. Muesli isn’t. And both are completely customizable.

Oatmeal or Other Hot Cereal

You cook all hot cereals the same, adjusting the water so they’re creamy, thick, or in between.

Food with Mark Bittman: Dorie Greenspan

Bestselling—and much beloved—food writer Dorie Greenspan talks to Kate and her old pal Mark. Get ready for lots of reminiscing about the “old days” of food writing—when there was no internet! The three also talk about finding the ultimate end-of-day joy in cooking and baking, trying unexpected ingredients in baking, and the creativity that can be found in a single subject (like cakes).